Israel’s settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution
Netanyahu boasted in 2025 that ‘we are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state.’
West Bank
‘We came to the best place on earth. Irish people have been so generous to Palestine’
Izzedeen Alkarajeh runs Café Izz in Cork city, serving authentic Palestinian food, with his wife Eman
Can anyone end the Netanyahu era?
An Arab party could decide Israel’s future – with a new deputy who is a Jewish lawmaker and paratrooper
Gavin Cooney: Why I won’t be joining media boycott of Ireland’s games against Israel
Staging of these games is wrong but there is nothing additional to be gained by the media refusing to cover them
West Bank is occupied, not disputed, territory
The International Court of Justice held in July 2024 that Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful
Macklemore to donate $1 million from Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian charities
He invited Robert Kraft, who asked Sheeran to drop the rapper from the tour, to match his donation
Disputed lands of West Bank have a long history
Co-existence through negotiation and dialogue is the only way forward
Macklemore says he has been removed from tour with Ed Sheeran after Gaza comment
Kneecap back US musician for voicing support for Palestinians and raising their plight
EU should treat Israeli settlements like Russian-occupied Crimea, says bloc’s top diplomat
Kaja Kallas tells The Irish Times an EU-wide Occupied Territories trade ban would be ‘principled’ stand
Why is Israel’s E1 settlement plan in West Bank so controversial?
Project is designed to ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’, far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has said
Israel closes UK consulate over West Bank sanctions row
British foreign secretary says ‘settler terrorists’ have carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestinian territories
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teens after settlers encircle village in West Bank
Khalil Abu Alia (16), who was shot by sniper, and Omar al-Nassan (19) killed after settlers entered Palestinian village of Hebron
Israeli athletes will not take part in Derry triathlon after concerns raised, organisers say
North West Triathlon Club says it had ‘no involvement whatsoever in accepting or approving these international entries’
Israeli settlement proposal demands ‘robust’ response, says Helen McEntee
Minister’s remarks come after publication of tender to build 1,200 housing units in Palestine
Israeli shoots dead Palestinian teen after settlers enter West Bank village, officials say
Man (70) also injured in incident, officials say
Future of the Gaza Strip is a matter for the Palestinian people
Patently grotesque that the future of Gaza is contingent on talks between a US envoy and Netanyahu
Trump’s Israel envoy tells settlers not to take land owned by Palestinian Americans
Mike Huckabee says militant Israeli settlers taking part in a siege of homes in the occupied West Bank could face US sanctions
Israel issues tender for homes in West Bank project opposed by Palestinians
Tender covers part of a wider plan for 3,401 homes in area east of Jerusalem that Palestinians say could divide the West Bank
Palestine: For how long can UN, EU and Irish Government remain bystanders?
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue to endure Israeli persecution
Trinity College Dublin suggests students petition Government Ministers over Palestinian visa issue
Widespread rejection of Palestinian scholars’ visa applications ‘deeply concerning’, administrators say
US sanctions International Criminal Court president and Israel prosecutor
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has called the Hague-based ICC a ‘corrupt and fatally politicised supranational court’
If universities have accepted applications from Gazan students, why not grant them visas?
O’Callaghan needs to sort this out as soon as possible before the academic year begins
US wants Netanyahu to condemn militant settlers in West Bank, say officials
Israeli defence minister calls for police to be given authority in occupied territory
Israeli reinforcements sent to West Bank siege following international pressure
US ambassador Mike Huckabee says Washington exerted pressure on Israel to end the siege
Siege by settlers highlights increasingly chaotic situation in West Bank
Hundreds of settlers have been terrorising Palestinians in the West Bank with near-impunity all year
Israeli troops clash with settlers besieging Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank
Armed settlers blocking several roads, despite IDF declaration that area a closed military zone
Jerusalem’s al-Asqa mosque facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Country convening emergency meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers around al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock
Violence by Israeli settlers worsening in West Bank, UN human rights office warns
Figures show 18 Palestinians have been in incidents link to settler attacks so far this year, compared to 18 for all of 2025
Can Netanyahu win back Trump as pressure mounts in advance of election?
Israeli PM arrives in Washington after months of tensions with the US president, hoping limited concessions on Gaza and Lebanon can repair strained ties
Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash, Palestinians say
Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in earlier shooting
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza with three others shot dead in West Bank
‘Friction’ broke out between Israeli settlers and Palestinians during efforts to extinguish a fire, official says
Government’s Occupied Territories Bill signed into law by President
Legislation recently passed following failed Opposition attempts to include services such as technology in the Bill
Israel criticised for ‘grotesque’ plan to use crocodiles at prison holding Palestinians
Animals to be placed in moat around facility used to hold detainees from Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank
Hamas names Khalil Al-Hayya as overall leader
Hayya replaces Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in combat with Israeli forces in October 2024
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